Michael Jordan left everything to fulfill his father’s baseball dream, but he isn’t the only one who fell for the sport. Donovan Mitchell did, but for this basketball star, it is the other way round.

Mitchell grew up where the crack of bats and the smell of pine tar felt like home, running through Major League Baseball locker rooms before basketball even stole his heart. At seven, he idolized Scott Kazmir, then plastered David Wright’s face on his wall, dreaming like every wide-eyed kid. Canterbury in Connecticut gave him a stage for both basketball and baseball until a brutal infield collision shattered his wrist and a catcher’s jaw. Yet like Michael Jordan chasing baseball, Mitchell shaped his journey to defy the ordinary and embrace the twist.

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